List of shows and presidents of the Society

UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

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Since the union in 1847, of
THE MANCHESTER AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, instituted 1767 and
THE LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, instituted 1830, under the title of
the Manchester and Liverpool agricultural society.
 
Since the union in 1874 of the above (1847 - 1873  Manchester & Liverpool agricultural society) and THE ROYAL NORTH LANCASHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY (1847 to 1873), under the title of
Royal Manchester, Liverpool & north Lancashire agricultural society (1874 - 1892)
 
1893 Re-constitution of society as the royal Lancashire agricultural society.

 
Year Town visited President Links
 1847 to 1873 Manchester & Liverpool Agricultural Society  
1848 Manchester... Lord Stanley, M.P. Archives
1849 Liverpool Lord de Tabley. Archives
1850 Warrington

John Wilson-Patten, Esq., M.P.

Archives
1851 Manchester Earl of Wilton. Archives
1852 Liverpool Earl of Sefton. Archives
1853 Warrington

Wm. Tatton Egerton, Esq., M.P.

Archives
1854 Altrincham Earl of Stamford and Warrington Archives
1855 St. Helens Lord Stanley, M.P. Archives
1856 Wigan Col. The Hon. James Lindsay, M.P. Archives
1857 Warrington Col. Wilson-Patten, M.P. Archives
1858 Manchester Samuel Brooks, Esq. Archives
1859 Liverpool Earl of Sefton. Archives
1860 Bolton Viscount Newport, M.P. Archives
1861 Ashton-under-Lyne F. D. P. Astley, Esq. Archives
1862 Warrington Col. Wilson-Patten, M.P. Archives
1862 Preston Guild Show of the Royal North Lancashire Agricultural Society (Instituted 1847)]. Archives
1863 Birkenhead Earl Grosvenor, M.P. Archives
1864 Knutsford Lord de Tabley. Archives
1865 Oldham Hon. Algernon Egerton, M.P. Archives
1866

Fixed for Southport but abandoned owing to Cattle Plague

Lord Stanley, M.P Archives
1867 Manchester

14th Earl of Derby, K.G., and Lord Egerton of Tatton

Archives
1868 Southport Lord Stanley, M.P. Archives
1869 Show withheld (R.A.S.E. Visit to Manchester). Archives
1870 Wigan Major-General Lindsay. Archives
1871 Liverpool 15th Earl of Derby. Archives
1872 Bolton Earl of Bradford. Archives
1873 Chester Marquis of Westminster, K.G. Archives

1874—1892—ROYAL MANCHESTER, LIVERPOOL, AND NORTH LANCASHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

 
1874 Stalybridge Earl of Stamford and Warrington. Archives
1875 Preston Lord Winmarleigh. Archives
1876 Southport Lord Skelmersdale. Archives
1877 Show withheld

(R.A.S.E. Visit to Liverpool), Earl of Sefton.

Archives
1878 Lancaster Lord Winmarleigh. Archives
1879 Manchester 3rd Earl of Ellesmere. Archives
1880 Crewe Hon. Wilbraham Egerton, M.P. Archives
1881 Blackburn

Major General Feilden, M.P.

Archives
1882 Preston (Guild) Lord Winmarleigh. Archives
1883 Liverpool 15th Earl of Derby. Archives
1884 Stockport Lord Egerton of Tatton. Archives
1885 Show withheld

(R.A.S.E. Visit to Preston), Lord Winmarleigh.

Archives
1886 Chester Duke of Westminster. K.G. Archives
1887 Manchester 15th Earl of Derby, K.G. Archives
1888 Lancaster Lord Winmarleigh. Archives
1889 Wigan Earl of Crawford Archives
1890 Crewe Colonel Cotton Jodrell, M.P. Archives
1891 Bury... 15th Earl of Derby, K.G. Archives
1892 Liverpool 15th Earl of Derby, K.G. Archives
1893 Blackpool Viscount Cross, G.C.B., G.C.S.I. Archives

1893—RE-CONSTITUTION OF SOCIETY AS THE ROYAL LANCASHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

 
1894 Bolton 16th Earl of Derby. Archives
1895 Preston 16th Earl of Derby, G.C.B. Archives
1896 Southport 1st Earl of Lathom. Archives
1897 Barrow-in-Furness Victor C. W. Cavendish, Esq., M.P. Archives
1898 Blackburn Colonel le Gendre N. Starkie. Archives
1899 Liverpool 16th Earl of Derby, K.G. Archives
1900 Rochdale Colonel C. M. Royds, M.P. Archives
1901 St. Helens Sir David Gamble, Bart. Archives
1902 Preston (Guild) 16th Earl of Derby, K.G. Archives
1903 Manchester Sir Humphrey F. de Trafford, Bart. Archives
1904 Southport Sir Charles Scarisbrick. Archives
1905 Liverpool 6th Earl of Sefton. Archives
1906 Lancaster Herbert L. Storey, Esq., D.L. Archives
1907 Bolton 3rd Earl of Ellesmere. Archives
1908 Manchester 1st Earl Egerton of Tatton Archives
1909 Southport 2nd Earl of Lathom. Archives
1910 Show withheld (R.A.S.E. Visit to Liverpool) 2nd Earl of Lathom Archives
1911 Bury 17th Earl of Derby. Archives
1912 Preston

Colonel The Hon. George F. Stanley, M.P.

Archives
1913 Burnley

Sir John 0. S. Thursby, Bart.

Archives
1914 Liverpool 6th Earl of Sefton. Archives
1915 Blackburn R. A. Yerburgh, Esq., M.P. Archives
1916 No Show R. A. Yerburgh, Esq., M.P. Archives
1917 No Show R. A. Yerburgh, Esq., M.P. Archives
1918 No Show Sir John O. S. Thursby, Bart Archives
1919 No Show Sir John O. S. Thursby, Bart. Archives
1920 Bolton Lord Leverhulme. Archives
1921 Oldham Lord Emmott, G.C.M.G. Archives
1922 Preston (Guild) R. A. Tatton, Esq., D.L. Archives
1923 Liverpool Lord Stanley, M.C., M.P. Archives
1924 Manchester Sir Edward Holt, Bart., C.B.E. Archives
1925 Lancaster Lord Richard Cavendish, C.B., C.M.G. Archives
1926 Burnley Sir Geo. J. Thursby, Bart. Archives
1927 Bolton The Right Hon. Lady Beaumont. Archives
1928 Oldham Sir Philip Sidney Stott, Bart. Archives
1929 Blackburn Colonel Sir John Rutherford. Archives
1930 Show withheld

(R.A.S.E. Visit to Manchester) Colonel Sir John Rutherford.

Archives
1931 Liverpool Sir Frederick C. Bowring, D.L. Archives
1932 Preston Capt. Lord Stanley, M.C., M.P. Archives
1933 Salford The Right Hon. Lord Colwyn, P.C. Archives
1934 Bolton Colonel H. M Hardcastle, T.D., D.L. Archives
1935 Burnley John Thornber, Esq., J.P. Archives
1936 Blackpool J. Rowland Robinson, Esq. M.P. Archives
1937 Manchester Sir R. Norton Barclay, J.P. Archives
1938 Liverpool The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Sefton, D.L. Archives
1939 Lancaster - Morecambe The Lady Ashton, C.B.E. Archives
1940 Show withheld The Lady Ashton, C.B.E. Archives
1941 Show withheld The Lady Ashton, C.B.E. Archives
1942 Show withheld The Lady Ashton, C.B.E. Archives
1943 Show withheld The Lady Ashton, C.B.E. Archives
1944 Show withheld The Rt. Hon. The Earl Peel Archives
1945 Show withheld The Rt. Hon. The Earl Peel Archives
1946 Chorley The Rt. Hon. The Earl Peel Archives
1947 Salford The Rt. Hon. The Earl Peel Archives
1948 Burnley Sir Harold Parkinson, OBE, JP Archives
1949 Blackpool 18th Earl of Derby, MC, DL Archives
1950 Bolton Capt. The Hon. Richard Stanley, MP Archives
1951 Blackburn The Rt. Hon. Ralph Assheton, PC, JP, MP Archives
1952 Preston (Guild) 18th Earl of Derby, MC, DL Archives
1953 RASE, Blackpool F Aiden Long Esq. FLAS Archives
1954 Blackpool F Aiden Long Esq. FLAS Archives
1955 Blackpool Major J W Fitsherbert-Brockholes, CBE, MC, JP Archives
1956 Blackpool Col. Roger Fleetwood-Hesketh, TD, DL, MP Archives
1957 Blackpool The Rt. Hon. Sir John Singleton, PC Archives
1958 Blackpool The Rt. Hon. The Earl Peel Archives
1959 Blackpool The Rt. Hon. The Lord Cozens-Hardy, JP, DL Archives
1960 Blackpool The Rt. Hon. The Lord Cozens-Hardy, JP, DL Archives
1961 Blackpool The Rt. Hon. The Lord Cozens-Hardy, JP, DL Archives
1962 Blackpool The Rt. Hon. The Lord Cozens-Hardy, JP, DL Archives
1963 Blackpool The Rt. Hon. The Lord Cozens-Hardy, JP, DL Archives
1964 Blackpool The Countess Peel Archives
1965 Blackpool William Pickles Esq. Archives
1966 Blackpool William Pickles Esq. Archives
1967 Blackpool 18th Earl of Derby, MC, DL Archives
1968 Blackpool Col. W F Jones, DL Archives
1969 Blackpool Col. W F Jones, DL Archives
1970 Blackpool T Baker Marsh, Esq. Archives
1971 Blackpool T Baker Marsh, Esq. Archives
1972 Ribby Hall T Baker Marsh, Esq. Archives
1973 Ribby Hall F Smith, Esq. Archives
1974 Ribby Hall Sir Geoffrey Hulton, bt, JP, DL Archives
1975 Show withheld Sir Geoffrey Hulton, bt, JP, DL Archives
1976 Show withheld Sir Geoffrey Hulton, bt, JP, DL Archives
1977 Show withheld Sir Geoffrey Hulton, bt, JP, DL Archives
1978 Show withheld Sir Geoffrey Hulton, bt, JP, DL Archives
1979 Show withheld Sir Geoffrey Hulton, bt, JP, DL Archives
1980 Blackburn Sir Geoffrey Hulton, bt, JP, DL Archives
1981 Blackburn Col. H C Owtram, OBE, TD, JP, DL Archives
1982 Blackburn Col. H C Owtram, OBE, TD, JP, DL Archives
1983 Blackburn Mr J D Kay Archives
1984 Blackburn Rt. Hon. Lord Alvingham, CBE Archives
1985 Blackburn The Lord Shuttleworth Archives
1986 Aintree The Rt. Hon. The Earl Peel Archives
1987 Aintree His Grace, The Duke of Westminster Archives
1988 Chorley Rt. Hon. Lord Alvingham, CBE Archives
1989 Chorley Rt. Hon. Lord Alvingham, CBE Archives
1990 Chorley Mr J Kevill Archives
1991 Chorley His Hon. Judge Sir Sanderson Temple, MBE Archives
1992 Chorley Lady Shuttleworth Archives
1993 Chorley Lady Shuttleworth Archives
1994 Chorley The Lord Cavendish of Furness, DL Archives
1995 Chorley Sir Bernard de Houghton, bt, DL Archives
1996 Chorley Lord Lilford Archives
1997 Chorley Lord Lilford Archives
1998 Chorley Mr R W Goodall, DL, MA, BSc, DEng Archives
1999 Chorley Col. Sir David Tripper, RD, JP, DL Archives
2000 Chorley The Lord Shuttleworth Archives
2001 Chorley Mr Peter Bibby FRICS Archives
2002 Chorley The Rt. Hon. The Lord Waddington, GCVO, PC, QC, DL Archives
2003 Salesbury Mr Rodney Swarbrick, CBE, DL, FRSA Archives
2004 Salesbury Mr Thomas G Bowring, DL, MRICS Archives
2005 Salesbury Mr Colin Mustoe Archives
2006 Salesbury Mr Colin Mustoe Archives
2007 Cancelled due to bad weather Mr Joe Pullen Archives
2008 Barton. Partially cancelled due to bad weather Mr Joe Pullen Archives